Anthony Lane (not David Denby, as I mistakenly misremembered) reviewed this film in the New Yorker 21 September 2011 issue.
As with Spielberg’s “Munich,” there is an awkward, irresoluble tension
between the movie’s urge to thrill and the weighty pull of the
historical obligations that it seeks to assume. How much, to be blunt,
should we be enjoying ourselves? What do we owe to “The Debt”? Whatever
the sum, it is more than the film itself, gloomy with unease, seems able
to repay.
It received a 6.9 rating in IMDb.com, and a 76% - 67% rating in RottenTomatoes. I have a calendar entry on 26 August 2011, moved up from earlier. I finally got it yesterday, and watched it last night. I rather liked it.
I liked it quite a bit. The three less renowned, younger, actors do much better work than the older, more renowned actors. All six rather botch the Israeli accent, but, again, the three younger ones do better with it.
A.O. Scott in the Times: The labors of the cast help to make “The Debt” a compact, reasonably
clever and sometimes piquant entertainment, but they also make you aware
that it could have been more.
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